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Dead at age 42
323 Notable deaths
George Nathan
British international brigade volunteer (1895–1937).
Born January 20th, 1895 in Ireland.
Died July 16th, 1937 at 42 years old in Brunete.
Grigory Kaminsky
Soviet politician (1895-1938).
Born November 1st, 1895 in Dnipro.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 42 years old in Moscow.
Orlando Zapata
Cuban activist (1967-2010).
Born May 15th, 1967 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died February 23rd, 2010 at 42 years old in Havana (starvation). [ref]
Mogens Wieth
Danish actor.
Born September 16th, 1919 in Copenhagen.
Died September 10th, 1962 at 42 years old in London.
Friedrich Glauser
Swiss writer (1896-1938).
Born February 4th, 1896 in Vienna.
Died December 8th, 1938 at 42 years old in Nervi.
Oksana Baulina
Russian journalist (1979-2022).
Born November 1st, 1979 in Krasnoyarsk Krai. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2022 at 42 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Leo Smit
Dutch musician.
Born May 14th, 1900 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1943 at 42 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp. [ref]
Paolo Barison
Italian footballer (1936-1979).
Born June 23rd, 1936 in Vittorio Veneto.
Died April 17th, 1979 at 42 years old in Andora (traffic collision).
John Bell Hatcher
American paleontologist (1861–1904).
Born October 11th, 1861 in Cooperstown.
Died July 3rd, 1904 at 42 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).
Sunday Bada
Athletics competitor (1969-2011).
Born June 22nd, 1969 in Kaduna.
Died December 12th, 2011 at 42 years old in Lagos. [ref]
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